FERGUSON has told his band of young part-timers to go out and emulate the class of 2006, who sent Celtic spinning out of the Scottish Cup.

BARRY FERGUSON says Clyde’s greatest cup shock hero Craig Bryson is an example to his current crop of kids of where an Old Firm upset could take them.

Bryson was the goal hero who sent Celtic spinning out of the 2006 Scottish Cup to ruin Roy Keane’s debut for the Hoops.

In the eight years since, Bryson has gone on to carve a successful career with Kilmarnock and Derby County and broken into the Scotland side.

And as Bully Wee boss Ferguson prepares to take his band of young part-timers to Ibrox for tonight’s Petrofac Training Cup
tie, he has urged them to use Bryson as the inspiration to grab their big moment in the shop window against Rangers.

Barry Ferguson
said: “I’ve said to the boys to just look at a few of the players from that team like Craig Bryson and Tom Brighton who have gone on to do well in their careers.

“You never know who is at these games and I’m not the type who would stand in their way if a good opportunity came up. So that Celtic game is an inspiration.

“We’ll go to Ibrox and give everything we’ve got.

“And I’m not going to change the way we’re playing. I told the players on my first day on the training ground I have a way I want to play and I’ll be taking that through the season.

“That’s how we’re going to go at Ibrox. It will be difficult but we’re not going to sit back with 10 men behind the ball.

“For some of our boys it will be the biggest game of their careers but it’s also a platform for some to show they can play at a higher level.”